HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Oct.2026, Words: 137) — The Brazilian people deserve to know why the Bolsonaro family opened Brazil’s doors to Tigrinho and online gambling, Brazil’s president […]
Tag: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
PRESS DIGEST 18Oct2026: Tecpetrol Toldos Il Este; Solaria in URU
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 18.Oct.2026, Words: 225) — Company briefs spanning details on Solaria, Equinor, Tecpetrol, the World Bank, and IDB among others. LATIN AMERICA AND […]
PRESS DIGEST 5Oct2026: BRA elections runoff; Cenovus deal
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 5.Oct.2026, Words: 285) — Company briefs spanning details on the Cenovus, Athabasca Oil Corporation, New York Times and Siena University, among others. […]
ANALYSIS: skepticism over Trump’s summit without 3 essential Latin American voices
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2026, Words: 1,090) — If US president Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas Summit was supposed to be about freedom, security, and […]
COP30 outcomes emerge despite unprecedented geopolitical tensions
BELÉM, BRAZIL (By COP30, 23.Nov.2025, Words: 745) — The conference in Belém consolidates political and technical advances. It projects Brazilian leadership and inaugurates a global mutirão (collective effort) against climate […]
Mexico’s Sheinbaum and Brazil’s Lula talk bilateral relations, ethanol, biodiesel, aerospace
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 243) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo held a telephone discussion with her Brazilian counterpart president Luiz Inácio Lula […]
Donald Trump threatens ‘un-American’ BRICS countries with 10% tariff
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (By Al Jazeera, 7.Jul.2025, Words: 608) — United States President Donald Trump has threatened to hike tariffs against the BRICS economic bloc after the group offered indirect criticism […]
BYD eyes producing EVs in Brazil in 2025
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Nov.2024, Words: 96) — Build Your Dream (BYD) Executive Vice President and CEO of the Americas Stella Li said the Chinese auto […]
Lula Fires Petrobras CEO Prates After Dividend Dispute
(Bloomberg, 15.May.2024) — Shares of Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA declined after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates following a dispute over dividend payments. Prates’s dismissal […]
COP28 President-Designate Stands with Brazil’s Lula da Silva
(COP28, 9.Aug.2023) — Following talks at the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Summit in the city of Belém, COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and Brazil’s President Lula da Silva have expressed their joint commitment to deliver a […]
Lula to Start Job Interviews for Petrobras Overhaul, Sources Say
(Reuters, 21.Nov.2022) — Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva begins interviews this week with candidates to run oil firm Petrobras, people familiar with the talks said, kicking off what […]
Bolsonaro says Petrobras Privatization Possible Next Year
(Reuters, 26.Aug.2022) — President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he has authorized Minister of Mines and Energy Adolfo Sachsida to consider the privatization of oil company Petrobras next year, if […]
Lula’s Plan to Keep Petrobras State-Controlled Is a Mistake, Minister Says
(Bloomberg, 26.Aug.2022) — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plan to keep Brazil oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA as a state-controlled company if elected again is a mistake, according to Energy […]
NRGBriefs: Lula Participates in Discussion about Fuel Prices in Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participating in a chat w/ specialists with the Federation of Oil Workers (FUP by […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s VP Delcy Rodríguez on impact of US sanctions
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Mar.2022, Words: 191) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez commenting on the impact of US sanctions on Venezuela during her […]
Colombia Presidential Favorite Gustavo Petro Wants to Form a Global Anti-Oil Bloc
(Bloomberg, 14.Jan.2022) — Colombia’s presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro is calling on ideological allies across Latin America and the world to join him in forming a new bloc to lead the […]
Ex-Petrobras Trader Tells Judge Vitol Bribed Him
(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle and Andy Hoffman, 25.Nov.2019) — A former Petroleo Brasileiro SA oil trader who went by the code name “Phil Collins” told a Brazilian judge he received bribes […]
Brazil Presidential Hopeful Vows to Create 2 Million Green-Energy Jobs
(Efe, 21.Sep.2018) — Environmentalist Marina Silva said on Friday that if elected next month as Brazil’s president, she will create 2 million jobs through programs to promote use of renewable […]
Former Lula Minister Sentenced to Jail in Petrobras Case
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 18.May.2016) – Former Brazilan Minister José Dirceu was sentenced to a 23-year, 3-month prison term due to his presumed involvement in the Petrobras corruption scandal. […]
Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico: Three Ways To Nationalize Oil
(CSMonitor, 12.May.2012) — Argentina’s renationalization of its biggest oil company, YPF, recently caused an outcry. But the cases of oil nationalization in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela show that outcomes can […]